Spring 2009 for Issue

ON THE COVER:

Astronauts Andrew Feustel,
tethered to the end of the remote
manipulator system arm, and
John Grunsfeld, a few feet away,
servicing the Hubble Space
Telescope during the third
spacewalk of the Shuttle
mission,
May 16, 2009.
The Hubble is locked down
in the cargo bay of the shuttle.
Photo courtesy of NASA. Cover design by Alan Yue.

How Developing Countries Can Produce Emergency Food and Gain Self-SufficiencyMohd Peter Davis and N. Yogendranpartial pdfMalaysia's revolutionary Deep Tropical agricultural system is a model for feeding the world--fast--and bringing the developing nations out of feudal poverty.

Stimulate the Economy: Build New Nuclear Plants!Marsha FreemanNuclear power is essential for the United States to recover from the ongoing breakdown crisis and become economically productive again.

SPECIAL REPORT
Water to Green Mexico's FarmlandA great infrastructure project to move water from the mountains of the south to nourish the abundant farmland of Mexico’s dry north.Alberto Vizcarra Osuna

ANCIENT DISCOVERY
Where Is Punt,The 'Land of God'?Ancient Egyptians had sea-going vessels and the astrogation skills to make long-distance voyages, including to the Americas.Rick Sanders

DEPARTMENTS

EDITORIAL

LETTERSFourth-Generation HTRs And Recycling: A DialogueDr. Ken Schultz for the General
Atomics GT-MHR and Dr. Albert Koster
for South Africa's PBMR respond to
comments by Dr. George Stanford,
a retired nuclear reactor physicist from
Argonne National Laboratory.

GLOBAL WARMING UPDATE Compiled by Gregory Murphy

NEWS BRIEFS

BOOKSAxis of the World: The Search for the Oldest American Civilization by Igor WitkowskiReviewed by Charles Hughes

The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warningby James LovelockReviewed by Gregory Murphy